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Monitoring Gastric Filling, Satiety and Gastric Emptying in a Patient with Gastric Balloon Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging—A Feasibility Report

BACKROUND: Intragastric balloons are used for short term weight loss therapy in obese. It is possible to monitor the ballon with sonography, however this method is sometimes insufficient in obese patients. Therefore MRI seems to be a potential therapy-monitoring option. PURPOSE: In this feasibility...

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Autores principales: Juchems, Markus S., Uyak, Deniz, Ernst, Andrea S., Brambs, Hans-Juergen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24179344